# 樺太
## Chinese

* 樺太

### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 樺太 (Karafuto).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Huàtài
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄊㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): waa$^4$ taai$^3$ / waa$^6$ taai$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hoa-thài
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Huàtài
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄊㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Huàtài
*** Wade–Giles: Hua$^4$-tʻai$^4$
*** Yale: Hwà-tài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huahtay
*** Palladius: Хуатай (Xuataj)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waa$^4$ taai$^3$ / waa$^6$ taai$^3$
*** Yale: wàh taai / wah taai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waa$^4$ taai$^3$ / waa$^6$ taai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wa$^4$ tai$^3$ / wa$^6$ tai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /waː²¹ tʰaːi̯³³/, /waː²² tʰaːi̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hoa-thài
*** Tâi-lô: Hua-thài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'taix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² tʰai²¹/

### Proper noun

樺太
* (～島) Alternative name for 庫頁／库页 (Kùyè, “Sakhalin”).

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 樺 | 太 |
| から Jinmeiyō (ateji) | ふと Grade: 2 (ateji) |
| irregular | kun'yomi |
* Alternative spelling
* 唐太
From Ainu カラㇷ゚ト (Karapto).
The kanji spelling was decided upon during the creation of the first administrative district in Hokkaido during the Meiji period.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what is original meaning of Ainu term?”)

#### Alternative forms

* 樺太(かばふと) (Kabafuto)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) からふと [kàráfútó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠ɾa̠ɸɯ̟to̞]
* Audio:(file)

#### Proper noun

樺(から)太(ふと) • (Karafuto)
* Karafuto, Sakhalin (an island today in Russia and formerly claimed by Japan)

##### Synonyms

* サハリン (Saharin, “Sakhalin”)
* 薩哈嗹(サガレン) (Sagaren, “Saghalien”)

##### Derived terms

* 樺太(からふと)犬(いぬ) (Karafuto inu)
* 樺太(からふと)玉(だま) (Karafuto-dama)
* 樺太(からふと)千(ち)島(しま)交換(こうかん)条約(じょうやく) (Karafuto-Chishima Kōkan Jōyaku)
* 樺太(カラフト)松(マツ) (Karafuto matsu)
* 北(きた)樺太(からふと) (Kita-Karafuto)
* 南(みなみ)樺太(からふと) (Minami-Karafuto)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 樺 | 太 |
| かば Jinmeiyō (ateji) | ふと Grade: 2 (ateji) |
| kun'yomi ||
From the kun (mis)reading of the first kanji 樺 (literally “birch”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かばふと [káꜜbàfùtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ka̠ba̠ɸɯ̟to̞]
* This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

#### Proper noun

樺(かば)太(ふと) • (Kabafuto)
* Alternative form of 樺太 (Karafuto, “Karafuto, Sakhalin (an island today in Russia and formerly claimed by Japan)”)
** 1925 April 10, 伯剌西爾時報 (Burajiru Jihō) [News of Brazil]‎, number 391, page 7:
    日(に)本(ほん)は日(にち)露(ろ)協(けふ)約(やく)に基(もとづ)き四(よつ)日(か)に北(きた)樺(かば)太(ふと)撤(てつ)兵(ぺい)を終(しう)了(れう)し同(どう)地(ち)統(とう)治(ち)をソウイエト政(せい)府(ふ)に引(ひき)渡(わた)した
       Nihon wa Nichi-Ro Kyōyaku ni motozuki yokka ni Kita-Kabafuto teppei o shūryō shi dōchi tōchi o Sowieto seifu ni hikiwatashita
       Following the Japanese–Russian Agreement, Japan concluded its withdrawal from North Sakhalin on the 4th and transferred control to the Soviet government.

##### Derived terms

* 北(きた)樺太(かばふと) (Kita-Kabafuto)
* 南(みなみ)樺太(かばふと) (Minami-Kabafuto)